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U.S. Food Aid To India

WASHINGTON ers) — ram Subrame- | giam, "s food minister, enid here President John- @on has told him U.S. emer-

pey help to India during a

wae parts of that country put-on “a -war footing.”

Subramaniam, who saw Jobn eon Monday, told a press cor ference Wednesday the US president. had said whatever help is made available ‘‘should

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be moved on the basis of a war |

footing, with no stoppages any- where.”

Johnson has ordered the dis patch of 1,500,000 tons under the food4or-peace program during the next two or three months— as fast as ships and ports cao

Placed On ‘War Footing’

handle it. Other Indian officials said Canada and Australia hve Iso been approached for heip and Britain. Japan and Norway will be asked for ships.

The Indian government plans .

te- try to make the country. self- sufficient in food grains in five years.

Asked about the possibility of using Pakistani ports to bring in emergency grain shipments to India, Subramaniam said it is Indian policy to have better re lations with Pakistan.

Subramaniam said he could not say that, he has received any U.S. commitment abeut long-term food aid, but India has made Known its require- ments. ’

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Life Térm Is Imposed For Arms Store Killing

MONTREAL (CP+—— ‘Gyti-4 aque Delisie, 29, pleaded guilty to Won-capital-murder~*before Mr. JuStice Peter Shorteno here and was sentenced | to life imprisonment) for his part | in a raid on a armis store that | brought death to two men. |

Two days ago, Delisle refused to plead guilty to the charge | and a mistrial was declared.

Before the guilty plea was: ac- cepted by Mr. Justice Shorteno, Delisie was asked whether he fully understood ‘the charge and the consequence of the guilty plea, He said he did

Mr. Justice Shorteno then had the court clerk read out the ar- ticle of the Criminal Code and noted the mandatory sentence of jlife imprisonment. Delisle’ said he undefstood, and -maintained his plea.

He is one of a five-man gang |that attempte a robbery at the

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MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet Union has agreed to give North Viet Nam more technical and economic aid. The agreee- ment also could involve stepped up Soviet military aid.

A brief official announcement ‘made no mention of military ‘aid, But the deputy premiers. of jthe two countries who signed the aid pact spoke of military assistance during an exchange of speeches. '

The announcement spoke sep- arately of ‘supplementary tech- nical assistance’ and “addi- tional free economic assist-

ance. The technical aid wae not de- fn a

The economic aid involved a loan, postponed repayments on earlier loans, and a trade agree- ment that guarantees no Soviet price increases next year.

Ne figures were announced but the eid was believed to be sizeable. North Viet Nam has jbeen hard pressed financially because ef the Vietnamese war. Nt was the second Soviet- North Vietnamese aid agree ment im less than six months, reflecting a growing Soviet com- mitment to Hanoi. ‘

A pact signed July 12 was an- nounced as providing both mili- tary and economic aid. No de tails -or either: agreement’ were disclosed. IT a_ luncheon speech, Le Thanh Negi was quoted by the

Pearson Planning To Retire?

OTTAWA (CP)—Alvin Hamfl- ton, former Conservative agri- culture minister said the appointment of Tom Kent to e deputy-ministership may be a tip - off that Prime Minister Pearson plans to retire.

Mr. Hamilton said many peo- ple are wondering why Mr. Pearson moved his policy advi- ser to a position where he is u n- oer, the protection of the Civi! Service Act.

In the government reorgan‘z- ation announced last week, Mr. Kent, 43, was named deputy: to Jean Marchand, who will head up the new department of man-

power.

Mr. Hamilton éaid’ another reason—and one he expects the government to give—might be | that Mr. Kent is to help direct the war on poverty from within the. manpower ‘department.

He said there is no dowbt Mr. Pearson ftislikes -the ‘‘in-fight- jang”’ going on within the Lib eral party.

“These are all reasons for a man who doesn’t like elections |or politics to want to get out.”

Promised North Viet Nam

jean tmpertalism Our govern. vember te cover 38,910,906,190 ment has rendered. renders and cigarettes, an increase of 8.3 per

ithe democratic Republic of for 1064, the Dominion Bureau '(North) Viet Nam in the mill- of Statistics reported Wednes- tary, economic and political day. ; | spheres.” | It alyso reported that 45,557,356, Top Soviet ledders continually cigars—up 2.2 per cent from a have promised all necessary aid iyear earlier—were covered by to Hanoi, partly to answer Chi- excise stamp purchases. nese charges that they are not) Other tobacco. products au- doing enough. \thorized for consumer sale by - stamp purchases in November |amounted to cut tobacco, 1,616,-

Cigarette, Cigar

tobacco, two Nov. Output Up “per cont: Conndion raw leat to- , bacco 67, pounds 8. — — oe OTTAWA (CP Excise coat; end woutt, 79,207 pounte, r two accused. were ld during No- down 3.7 cent. found guilfy of capital murder ames mene sid — oe and sentenced to be hanged. The* date set for the hanging of Fran: cois Schirm and Edmond Guen- ette is April 22. eas. Schirm an Guenette, - who jhave both appealed their sen- tences, said at their trial that | ithey wer seeking independence |for. Quebec. | All five were tried for in- ywolvement im the slaying of arms company official Leslie D. MacWilliams, 56. Another com- pany. employee, gunsmith AAlfr Pinisch, 37, also lost his life in the raid, when accidentally hit by a policeman’s bullet.

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international Firearms Co. in downtown Montreal on Aug: 2. 1964. Two others have also been sentenced to life imprisonment following guilty pleas on non-

news agency Tass as saying So- viet aid is helping Hanoi ‘‘to increase the military and econo- mic potential of the republic.”

Tass quoted Novikov as eay- ing:

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supports. the Vietnamese people | in their struggle against Ameri-

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|885 pounds, up 6.2 per cent; plug- | 73 pounds

Net the Christmas Star shine in, Open the dows and hear the Christmas song of Pasce on Kerth Cag Wilton” =,

Wherever the wonder of Chnidimas sheds 3s Fidtt and wareath,

16 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Fri, Dee. 24, 1965.

Sypeceding theoughout the land, wan wishes for 2 bright end happy Chastmas season fificd with laughter, sag, fond wemonies xed boved omas close by. May you, owe loyal appercascd casement, be blessed with such 2 hokdey.

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